this country won't back down and its standoff with greece over the energy exploration in the east mediterranean the one dismissed threats of e.u. sanctions on saturday he says a turkish research vessel will continue operations for another week turkey and greece are at odds of a claims to energy resources in the disputed area between crete and cyprus there's the headlines the news continues here on syria after the slum. 15 years from now one in 3 people were going to i'd been living. like these in this rolling mega city of manila. built without proper sanitation lacking medical facilities and got. used as a dumping ground for the sick this rubbish in along with a step closer to the south and in a west bank. and with the rising crime the resulting in that. a little bit of a life when the last. bit of it. but it's not just about poverty and chaos the generations have lived in these slums to. work. to survive. and as high. as have a lot of muscle a man's under one another. these are the stories from the same long. new year's eve going to. northern manila and home to its largest collection of slots.

that's dependent upon oil and gas imports but it's turkey's exploration in the hotly contested east mediterranean that's raising tension with its neighbors turkey has dispatched a drilling ship flanked by naval vessels to an area off the southwestern coast of cyprus al-jazeera as alex go topless takes a closer look at a regional dispute. in february 2018 an italian oil company found something in the eastern mediterranean. a huge gas field right off the coast of cyprus this field was part of the region's vast gas deposits estimated to be as big as 3 and a half trillion cubic meters that's enough potential energy to power the united states for nearly a decade tension is mounting in the eastern mediterranean over these discoveries as countries vie for control in an area rich with unclaimed resources the potential for military action is rising as neighbors forge new alliances and old wounds flare up in the regional scramble to secure energy rights for the coming century and beyond it's no surprise the everyone in the region wants as big a piece of the pie as they can get for the most part they've all

agreement with egypt designating an exclusive economic zone between those 2 nations in the east mediterranean and more than 97000 children in the united states tested positive for covert 1000 in the last 2 weeks of july according to a report published by the american academy of pediatrics and children's hospital association data shows the child cases of corona virus over that period rose by 40 percent it comes during back to school season as health officials try to understand the effects of the virus on the younger population at least 86 children have died since may according to the report meanwhile the u.s. city of chicago is offering people coming from corona virus hotspots to quarantine for 14 days on like many other parts of the country it succeeded in flattening the curve and getting the outbreak under some control john hendren has more. i'm standing in illinois and those boats behind me are in wisconsin normally that's a frontier people don't pay a lot of attention to unless you're talking about football rivalries but wisconsin has a relatively high rate of coronavirus cases in illinois

perspective of the german chancellor she said she's very worried about what's been happening in the east mediterranean is appealed for calm but again the point here is they may have their strategic compass the e.u. strategic compass for 2 years they've got to deal with this sort of tension that's happening right now on the southeastern borders ok dominic kane that bring us all the latest from ballet thank you very much indeed. hurrican laura is battering the southern united states with forecasters warning of unsurvivable storm surges it's been downgraded from a category 4 to a category 2 hurricane but still has top wind speeds of almost 160 kilometers per hour tens of thousands of people are without power the governor of louisiana is worried that some coastal residents issued with evacuation orders have ignored them well jay great is in lake charles louisiana which took the full force of that storm . thankfully we are getting a bit of a break the wind has died down the rain has stopped for now will continue to be a bit of that getting rain and the wind for the next hour or so with the storm finally cl

greece for the next 2 weeks it follows a deal between greece and egypt on drilling rights in the east mediterranean which contains oil and gas reserves in greece at least 8 people have died in flash flooding water engulfed the 2nd largest city thessalonica police said the many roads were made impossible authorities estimate that 3000 homes have been damaged. and in yemen months of heavy rate of flash floods of course significant damage to the ancient walled city of the capital sanaa the roofs of hundreds of buildings in the u.s. go world heritage sites have collapsed serious priyanka gupta reports. dark clouds over yemen's old city of sanaa where ancient homes lined ruins parts of unesco world heritage site has been damaged by months of heavy rain and floods the roofs of more than $100.00 homes have partially collapsed yemenis such as mohammad ali say they have nowhere to go let me i'm not the much to the water where i want to we call all the organizations to save us may god save us from this hell we call on everyone to save us 6 women and 6 children live in the south we don't have anywhere to go.

launching overtures to egypt which is on the other side because turkey is has this issue in the east mediterranean and egypt has been giving a sign and take has been giving signs that they are willing to talk willing to discuss and come to some sort of arrangement with regards to the mediterranean that requires concessions in libya and this is why i think now we are seeing a new phase in the negotiations between turkey between the other foreign powers and the cairo initiative is still on the table this idea proposed i.c.c. of elections taking place the us are considering it turkey's mediterranean crisis means it might consider it russia is considering it it was a supporter of the initiative in other words all the dynamics suggest that all the foreign powers prefer some sort of peace at least for the foreseeable future while they cement themselves and while they try to find some sort of the framework of cooperation between themselves because their interest is not necessarily libya they have wide interest in which libya is a key part of it something you say that both sides of every some military imp

i think the same thing is true in the east mediterranean.y are saying they will drill, and that is because it is easier to beat up on the greeks by themselves when you have divisions inside the eu unwilling to have a united front against turkey. that is frustrating to the greeks. the problem is turkey is in massive economic trouble. the turkish lira continues to fall. the indebtedness is a serious problem. medium enterprises are doing very badly. you arere erdogan and thinking throughout you can continue to lead the country and not end up in jail, and a turkish prison is not a fun place to be, you are thinking about what you can do to rally the population behind you. a lot of this is over nationalism and bomb throwing. it is not getting involved in serious military confrontation. is savvy enough to understand how deeply he does not want to go. remember the turkey-russia relationship was totally broken, it was erdogan who ended up apologizing because it was hurting his economy. he understands he can only go so far. tom: ian bremmer, thank you

border agreement with egypt designating an exclusive economic zone between the 2 nations in the east mediterranean diplomats in greece say the agreement not a fison accord reached last year between turkey and the internationally recognized government of libya. karna scapula didas is a maritime security analyst and academy associate at chatham house he joins me via skype from xandra paly in greece so. how serious is the could the situation become do you see that being perhaps some sort of military escalation in the eastern mediterranean. we have a promotion go over of the last few hours a very high density or maybe vessels in the region we have seen photographs for at least for all that there is maybe were 5 crickets are escort the there is or it's a vessel and the information we have access to that gave the green memo vessels are also you be area so it is a very bens might tonight hopefully we won't hear of any issues by the inability something the international community should keep an eye on just give us a little more background to this dispute because we explained it there but you have obviousl

who we heard just shortly just just then we heard from the shot and back talking about the east mediterranean but in his meeting with angela merkel the german chancellor he also spoke about the situation in belarus because he was angry at the suggestion that nato was building up its forces on the board on its borders with b. other us and source only there is a feeling both in nato but also amongst the e.u. that they're trying to encourage the opposition inside belarus what's at the same time trying to make clear that they're not trying to intervene or interfere in the internal of of another european country ok dominic kane they're bringing us up to date from berlin thanking the european justice commissioner says he'll consider legal action to stop cyprus from selling citizenship he was reacting to a week of reports from al jazeera investigative units the cyprus papers reveal dozens of criminals and high level political figures who have bought so-called golden passports deborah davis reports. the european parliament has repeatedly demanded an end to schemes where one country can sell passports

un and caused him to return to the explorations that he's carrying out in the areas of the east mediterranean where the greeks do not want him to be because they consider that their continental show now we should find out this week whether mr. is willing to return to the table there are signs that he's left himself a back door to deescalation because he initially. marked august the 23rd now it's august 27th as the terminal date for these explorations that's just shy of the e.u. far as corran ministers meeting on friday and it is hoped for that mr. inter tends to climb down from that position. it is also a week during which the greek parliament is going to wrestle shortly both the maritime agreement with egypt that has so enraged turkey and a similar maritime agreements with italy that was reached earlier in the summer both of those are drafted on the basis of international united nations maritime law and greece intends to sit at the negotiating table with these 2 powerful legal documents demonstrating that the country trees in the region all uniformly draft their maritime borders according to

revealed what that actually meant so he will hold live firing exercises in these to make the east mediterranean next week the latest escalation in a maritime dispute with greece over control of potential oil and gas reserves both countries have been holding military drills already near a patch of sea which they both claim the turkish. and is also extending the work of its vessel conducting seismic surveys of the area and greece is expected to ratify a maritime agreement with egypt which turkey opposes so there's a lot going on there also germany's top diplomat has been calling for an end to the exercises as the e.u. tries to pull greece and turkey back from the risk of confrontation spoke at a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers in berlin. we will see how things develop at the end of this month where the ships will move to and we will also work here to create the conditions for turkey and greece to solve their problems directly with each other and to do everything possible to avoid military confrontation so we'll have more on that position with dominic cain in berlin in just a moment but we're st

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increasingly tense military standoff between greece and turkey over energy reserves in the east and the mediterranean sea where turkey is prospecting friction between these 2 and nato allies is nothing new but this week 2 of their ships collided athens says this was an accident ankara says it was a provocation tensions escalated further when france center frigates to the region now a spokesman for i'm going to machall says the german chancellor has spoken with both sides and urged deescalation. these tensions are worrying it's important to deescalate and to avoid any further aggravation from my point with this is this and it is important that the 2 states enter into direct dialogue with each other by actually discussing their legal disagreements over them maritime clients that well tensions have been rising ever since turkey launched oil and gas exploration homework in the disputed area of the mediterranean france has called for a huge sanctions against turkey and on thursday held military training exercises with greek forces off the island of crete. turkish naval warships a school the a retreat in t

increasingly tense military standoff between greece and turkey over energy reserves in the east and the mediterranean sea where turkey is prospecting friction between these 2 and nato allies is nothing new but this week 2 of their ships collided affan says this was an accident i think or a says it was a provocation tensions escalated further when france center frigates to the region now a spokesman for i'm going to machall says the german chancellor has spoken with both sides and urged deescalation this but these tensions are worrying it's important to deescalate and to avoid any further aggravation instance of a mine when we speak is this and it is important that the 2 states enter into direct dialogue with each other but actually discussing their legal disagreements over them are a time clients question well tensions have been rising ever since turkey launched oil and gas exploration homework in the disputed area of the mediterranean france has called for a huge sanctions against and on thursday held military training exercises with greek forces off the island of crete. turkish naval warships a sch

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heard some statements there regarding the tensions and deloris but also the tensions in the east eastern mediterranean what should we take away from the opening remarks in this press conference. very interesting remarks from your support al the e.u. high representative as you say touching on those 2 areas of real contention right now on the eastern and the south eastern borders of the european union so far as the eastern mediterranean is concerned expressions of solidarity by mr burrel for the e.u. states of greece and cyprus and saying that the e.u. has to show solidarity and has to respect the the needs of those countries and also calling on all sides in this this tension that has blown up this brood up between the greeks the cypriots and the turks calling for all sides to to realize a dialogue is the way forward he was he was thankful he was grateful to have come out standing alongside him remember i could muster over the course of the last couple of days 3 or 4 days has been in both relevant capitals ankara and athens with that ministerial mantra that mood music talk to each other deescalate don't

to exercise restraint is what he had to say we are all concerned about the situation in the east on mediterranean i welcome your efforts to find a constructive way forward i'm in constant contact with the greece and turkey my message is that the situation must be resolved in a spirit of sort of that it is in line with international law dialogue and the escalation are in everybody's interest. well that's certainly one concern for the e.u. foreign ministers you have been missing but there's lots on that agenda other pressing concern one might argue is the situation over in belo roost on the doorstep of the foreign minister's been saying in that regards. the foreign ministers also as you say very clearly signposting their views about to be honest remember that the e.u. has already held a special digital meeting of all the leaders the heads of state heads of government on the belarus situation and expressed their their feeling that there should be free and fair elections that there should be a transition from the local government to a different government and we know that both has to start not from n

the age and every day into the new area of greek turkish from confrontation which is the east and mediterranean last year turkish fighter jets clocked $5800.00 violations of greek space. that is a dozen a day that provide ample opportunity for accidents to happen for privates to get killed and they do and this is now spreading and it's involving more countries in the region and it is therefore multiplying the possibility of a. accident or a broken home plate gratian what's at stake of course is microbe except on the deck of rightly pointed out there is gas under the sea floor in greece has probable not proven gas reserves of 70 to 90 trillion cubic feet that's as much as is well egypt and cyprus have discovered since the turn of the century combined it has a pre-code but value of about $200000000000.00 now assuming that gas to rubble for the next 25 years the greek state would have up to 30 crowd percent of that value to reap in taxes and benefits and royalties. that is an enormous windfall for a country that has a public debt to 200 percent of g.d.p. it is clearly a very important source of in

rhetoric from him very strong indeed and all the while you have on the other side in the east the mediterraneannato partners e.u. partners the french the italians the greeks the cypriots staging a joint military exercise which is why we can be sure that although mr erdogan the president is not there his comments clearly are and the tension between the greeks and the turks is clearly that to be seen dominic kane that live for us and barry lynn thank you very much indeed. now a prominent member of the opposition and bella russa's called on russia to help bring president alexander lukashenko to the negotiating table nobel prize winning voices that lana and lex of it made the of killed before being questioned over her involvement in the opposition coordination council it was formed last week to help broker a peaceful transition of power as calls grew for the paris president to step down but it's now been accused of trying to seize power illegally that's one of the government of. now look because speaks only to putin we need him to speak to the people maybe the world can help us so that look a shame

very much what she's been saying insofar as that particular issue is concerned about the east the mediterranean and but let's turn to the bella race because marco has also mentioned the tensions that we've been outlining what she's been saying. yes she has been talking at some length about the situation in belarus but also the the way that the neighboring countries behave towards b r us specifically that means russia she has been speaking about the need for russia not to send its forces its police forces or any other kind of forces into b.n. or us that the election in belarus should be restaged that she she has been calling for for all sides to be cautious but clearly also making very clear the opinion both of herself and all of other leaders remember that she spoke more than a week ago she and president conference telephone valdivia putin to say look please exercise restraint that is the touch and you can say that you could take from what she's been saying in the course of the last half an hour or so exercise caution exercise restraint she doesn't want to see she hopes that russian forces don'

stronger and we could really have a fairly hazy day with us around meanwhile for the east and into the mediterranean tom it is not too bad 29 in jerusalem with a fair on shore flow then down into central africa plenty of showers and thunderstorms heavy really all the way from the northern areas of tanzania up through uganda out across towards the west and then to the south it's mostly clear skies well some fairly strong winds on wednesday along the fall caper cross into a cape town those winds will work their way eastwards along those coastal areas thursday but it does at least mean it's mostly warm in port elizabeth with a high of 20 on saturday. image can change the way we see the womb if we had not seen this we would be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created this longing for a photo opportunity that can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story but this play and the talking points are pretty intense before it can forge narratives all right through the listening post gives you the full picture on a. top stories this hour on al-jazeera pr

stronger and we could really have a fairly hazy day with us around meanwhile for the east and into the mediterranean tom it is not too bad 29 in jerusalem with a fair on shore flow then down into central africa plenty of showers and thunderstorms heavy really all the way from the northern areas of tanzania up through uganda out across towards the west and then to the south it's mostly case guys got some fairly strong winds on wednesday along the fall caper cross into a cape town those winds will work their way eastwards along those coastal areas thursday but it does at least mean it's mostly warm in port elizabeth with a high of 20 on saturday. that. is what you are abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the japanese imperial army. for the so-called comfort women of the 2nd world war decades have passed but the trauma lives on. whitney's follows the story of the women who campaigned with unwavering resolve for an official apology for this appalling chapter in history. the apology on al-jazeera. for the top stories this hour on al-jazeera presumptive u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe bid

italian coast guard has picked up 49 vulnerable people from a charity rescue boat in the east in the mediterranean ofter it sent out a distress call the end the louise michel has rescued more than 200 refugees and migrants over the past 2 days the boat is funded by the butcher's street artist banksy turkey says it stopped an attempt by 6 greek fighter jets from entering contested as space on thursday tensions have been escalating between the 2 nations over a disputed region in the eastern mediterranean potentially rich in energy reserves says its jets were simply flying back to base. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing another saturday of demonstrations demanding his resignation consecutive weekends now thousands of israelis have been rallying outside the need as official residents in west jerusalem are just as a saying that he should step down while facing a trial on corruption charges but they're also angered by netanyahu is handling of the economy and response to the corona virus outbreak. the news hour is coming up at 2100 g.m.t. i will see you then. and the only $960.00 s.

hot and dry across much of the middle east but some very clear skies as well through the east and to the mediterranean it has some very light winds here for the last few days i know we're cooling on shore breeze and said to much as have been steadily climbing 37 celsius in jerusalem on saturday further inland temperatures are higher of course 45 in baghdad the winds quite strong so blowing that sundin dust down through these eastern sections on it towards castle doha 40 celsius certainly on saturday about the same on sunday 39 degrees celsius those winds are very light so actually feeling a little bit humid and still a few more showers some heavy at times across the south and west of yemen but look at the temperature in jerusalem 39 degrees celsius and the next few days it will stay very whole 13 on celsius sunday monday most assholes on cheesy but even so these time which is end of august beginning of september about 10 degrees above the average that we had down into central and southern africa temperatures hackles nourse as high as that plenty of rain again through the central regions and then also

east. >> reporter: israel on the mediterranean sea and the uae on the persian gulf, key american allies who have been secretly cooperating for years against a common foe, iran. under the deal announced today, the two countries wil work to open embassies, build economic ties and cooperate on a coronavirus vaccine. and israel will "suspend declaring sovereignty" over land it occupies long claimed by palestinians for a future state. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, thanking trump and predicting, this is just the start of a new middle east. >> i believe there is a good chance we will soon see more arab countries joining this expanding circle of peace. >> reporter: but among palestinians, shock and a sense of betrayal. "they want to force us to have a peace process between us and the israelis through the emirates. we reject this conspiracy completely," this man says. today's deal is preliminary, there's still work to be done to make those pledges the reality, but the momentum is there. all leaders saying they expect other arab countries to follow suit. all eyes on saudi arabia, the mos

around me while for the east and into the mediterranean 29 in jerusalem with the. flow then down into central africa plenty of showers and thunderstorms heavy really all the way from the northern areas of tanzania up for uganda out across towards the west and then to the south it's mostly guys got some fairly strong winds the fall cape across into a cape town those winds will work their way eastwards along those coastal areas thursday but it does at least mean it's mostly warm in port elizabeth with a high of 20 on saturday. but. there is no channel by congress moral you're likely to kill of this town is like i don't think you'll ever see. but we want to know how do these things and people we revisit me again even when there are no international headlines. al-jazeera really invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. is that you abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the japanese imperial army. for the so-called comfort women of the 2nd world war decades have passed but the trauma lives on. witness follows the story of the women who campaigned with

of china, this is where this plays out in the inner cities whether it is the mediterranean or the english channel to the eastchina sea and south china sea is where the people are the productive facilities are so that's where competition really happens. it doesn't have an out in the middle of the pacific ocean except if you try to take a place that gives you access. instead of competing and he helps us understand what beijing has been trying to do the past 20 years in securing the mediterranean for the integrated strategic space that's the sea of japan, the south and east china seachina seas all the waye indian ocean and i think that it behooves us to understand what the chinese think about the geopolitics in order to have the right strategy. >> i was going to ask you next to expand on the mediterranean and what actually is happening there may be over the past few years in terms of some of the developed and if you could link back to the broad context because that's another important theme of the book. tell us a little bit about what is happening in the mediterranean development that you think is important and

achaean here we have them happening in the eastern mediterranean they may increasingly happen because greek military exercises are now going south and east of where they usually take place there include creasing lee involving other countries in the eastern mediterranean. there are unconfirmed under pressure all reports that the united arab emirates. took part in what was billed as a purely greek military exercise south of crete and the last 3 days. therefore i think there's just going to be a lot more military activity in that space. protest as a gathering and then from march against coronavirus restrictions counter-protests are also planned days on live pictures now from. chancellor angela merkel has warned that the outbreak could get worse in the coming months as summer comes to an end germany has recorded of 824-2000 infections the mccain is live for us now in berlin dominic just tell us a little bit more about the people protesting and some specific things they're protesting. against. the people who are demonstrating in berlin today are people who are set against the precautions that governments of brought have brought in and put in

warning from germany's foreign minister who was on a mission to help east tensions between turkey and greece in the eastern mediterranean heikal masses in turkey having held talks early enough and he's appealing for direct talks to solve the growing dispute over gas exploration in disputed waters both the greeks and turks have announced rival military exercises in the mediterranean and turkish warships are guarding a ship surveying the seabed for gas and oil reserves greece says the area where the turkish fleets ease overlaps its continental shelf. president issued a warning to greece on monday which has been followed by a shock rebuke from athens known as. the non muslim no not a lot of greece is throwing itself into a chaos that it cannot get out of as of now greece will be responsible for all negative developments that may take place in the region and it will be the only country to suffer damages it would be useful for a greek neighbors to know as we know that those who throw greece on the past of the turkish fleet will be nowhere to be seen tomorrow in the event of trouble that may emerge. but we are witnessing the

east and southeastern europe specifically. the situation building up in the eastern mediterranean, how to resolve the tensions in a peaceful wayetween greece and turkey. the problem being that given it is an eu meeting, turkey is not part of the eu and therefore not in the meetings, whereas greece and cyprus are. both those countries embroiled in the tension with the turkish government. although the turkish government has been -- has representation at the meeting, the comments used from president erdogan very much at that meeting. the eu has no military role of substance in his area. nato does. turkey and greece are members of nato. natoe general secretary of it was at the meeting in berlin wednesday was calling upon both and trys to step back to ease the tensions. the interesting thing is there will be further such meetings, but this time involving foreign ministers of the eu in berlin, with the topic will be at the forefront. lauren: still to come. justice for what happened at the hands of a terrorist. victims from new zealand's mass shooting testify in court. and our investigation into how euminals are buying citizenshihip,

are the main landing points for refugees and asylum seekers crossing the mediterranean sea from north africa and the middle east rights groups say the coronavirus pandemic has given both countries a chance to crack down on the unwanted visitors the president of the italian island of sicily has banned new arrivals and ordered all refugee centers to close by midnight on monday now let me see where she says it's needed to stop the spread of covert 19 but government leaders in rome dismissed the sicilian order as invalid doctors in italy say migrants are linked to only a small number. new corona virus infections may be made to match up. in early march and again in april we sounded the alarm over the influx of immigrants so we were registering we knew what the state services knew it a few weeks later the central government predicted about 10000 migrants would be ready to leave for sicily our view is that that was the opportune moment for the central governments to open a serious dialogue with north african countries in particular tunisia it is not a country at war and it is not among the poorest countries in africa.

say the situation is particularly serious in refugee camps in the north east of the country turkey has extended its mediterranean gas exploration mission and ordered new navy drills as its dispute with greece deepens turkey says the exercises are not related to that standoff with greece of a potential oil and gas was athens as ratified a maritime agreement with egypt which turkey opposes. so those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after witness station thanks for watching back now . just to imparting knowledge to via. accessing reliable don't deceive. us so when i.v.'s upon. i can pass out is good idea in is all stuff i mean it seems. something ok let me watch the news so i want to go if i want to meet like that and nothing just. read the picturing it they expose it for the way if ever the press just say for the cameras and go back. that there are a lot of the bus oh but i do see lindsay. on the must i think the comic went. from the woman going to. keep us will continue to persist on the. other used to stand. on us. but i mean. in the midst of this properly the good of the 2 lives a lot of them

the inner seas whether it's the mediterranean or the english channel or in the case of age of the easta sea, the south china sea. it's where the people are the productive facilities are. so that is where competition really happens. doesn't happen out in the middle of the pacific ocean unless you're trying to take a place that gives you midway that gives you access. instead it is competing in the window land. and despite that really helps us understand what beijing has been trying to do for the past 20 years in terms of securing what in the book i called the asiatic mediterranean integrated strategic space that the sea of japan, the east china sea south china sea all the way into the indian ocean. so i think it behooves us to understand what the chinese think about geopolitics in order for us to have the right geo strategy. >> i was next going to ask you a little bit to expand on the concept of the mediterranean what is happening there. maybe over the past few years in terms of some of the development. then if you could also link that to the broader concept and how it sets and because t

compass and in effect this meeting has been all points east and southeastern europe specifically this situation building up in the eastern mediterranean how to resolve the tensions in a peaceful way between greece and turkey the problem being that given that it's an e.u. meeting turkey is not part of the e.u. and therefore is not in these meetings whereas greece and cyprus are as member states of the european union both those countries in broiled in this tension with the turkish government and although the turkish government has no representation at this meeting the comments the views from the turkish government from president out of one very much acts that meeting interesting me the e.u. has no military role of substance in this area whereas nato does and of course turkey and greece are members of nato and so un shelton back the general secretary of nato who was at this meeting in berlin on wednesday was calling upon both countries to step back to try to to ease the tensions between them the interesting thing is that there will be further such meetings but this time involving foreign ministers of e.u. countries in berlin on thursday

the charter just a little background on this and how these mediterranean divisions appear on the map cyprus is claiming this section to the east. and greece claims the area to the west. the area shown in stripes you've got there is turkey's exclusive economic claim but turkey has been drilling in that yellow area there for years and fact so we're going to talk to cronies couple it is about as a maritime security analyst at chatham house in london nice to have you with us so i believe in current form wrong that actually turkey has in the past made these sorts of expansions out into the sea so greece would probably just say well what you can do we can do as well. you know to be able to answer that question we need to go back to 98 the 2 but when they're right to countries to expand to development to cover miles that their territorial waters were granted and if you look at this the basics so we will actually see the. need apply that's right and it's fun to go myra's in the black sea and they did mediterranean if you can do so at the d.n.c. because. there will each use that's going to be shot with greece but up until today when th

countries to begin to dialogue over disputed energy resources in the mediterranean thank god is calling on the e.u. to act as all east and objective mediator. the u.s. attempt to reimpose sanctions on iran is facing major pushback at the united nations the president of the security council says 13 members are against the move and the council is not in the position to take further action on choose day iran said it wouldn't accept any additional demands beyond its commitments on the 2050 nuclear deal the u.s. accuses tehran of violating the conditions of that agreement direct military cooperation will benefit the entire region by countering the threat posed by iran's destabilize that activities in the middle east and beyond for years and up to today iran has defied international law by breaking the un's own weapons they and her body militias and terror groups with the firepower to kill and my young men were going straight over but to watch does listen to what pomp a.f.p. recorded speech from israel let's listen to all accounts of president eisenhower said for all that we cherish and justly desire for ourselves or for o

achaean here we have them happening in the eastern mediterranean they may increase in lee happened because greek military exercises are now going south and east of where they usually take place there include creasing lee involving other countries in the eastern mediterranean. there are unconfirmed unofficial reports that the united arab emirates. took part in what was billed as a purely greek military exercise south of crete and the last 3 days. therefore i think there's just going to be a lot more military activity in that space and that will persist as long as turkey issues navigational telex is announcing a new round of exploration in what the greeks consider their continent. ok john psaropoulos there bring is all the very latest from athens thank you very much indeed well let's get more on this from andrea's affair of fundus a bigger part and he's the president of the cyprus center for european events international affairs is also professor at the university of nicosia joining us via skype from there it's good to have you with us on the news. let me get your sense of how the situation is set to play out how likely would you say a deescala

not going to the greeks are not going to heat the threats of turkey in the east in asia or in the in the eastern mediterranean excuse me or in the aegean and it's a warning to turkey that greece is now going to set aside that stress of course and begin to exercise its international law rights unilaterally as the law allows it. it is also a subject of negotiation or has been between the 2 sides these many maritime zones that international law discussing the 2 sides have been in a discussion about how far territorial waters should extend in the aegean but as this situation in the eastern mediterranean becomes more and more inflamed and as proceeds to do more and more unilateral explorations that the greeks object to the greek side feels and. to also demonstrate that it has rights and that it will exercise them and that. in some not doing. the legal things that greece has secured and now 31 is this extension of 12 nautical miles in the west rest actually greece can do the same in the achaean tomorrow. and secondly its maritime zone agreements with egypt and italy which were expected to be ratified by parliament